Winter Weather and Blizzards

Dear Tom, How common are big April snowstorms? I seem to remember a big early April snowfall in 1975. — Jim Scios Dear Jim, Chicago gets snow in April most years; the month's current average snowfall is 1.2 inches. Most April snows are light, but big storms do occur, though they are rare. The city's last big April snowstorm was in 1982, when 9.4 inches fell April 5. Prior to that was the storm that you remember, when 9.8 inches whitened the city April 2 to 3, 1975. The biggest April snow occurred five years earlier, when 10.7 inches fell April 1 to 2, 1970. Other notable April snows include 9.1 inches April 5 to 6, 1938, 6.4 inches April 4, 1920, and 6.8 inches April 15...

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